(AP) -- Football coach Rick Stockstill heard plenty of questions from his players and recruits about how much Middle Tennessee might pay for the cost of attendance. So he decided to do something.

He postponed his $100,000 annual pay raise for four years to help the university pay that tab.

"I want to do what's best for our players, what's best for our recruits, what's best for this program," Stockstill said Friday. "Everybody's going to be doing cost of attendance, everybody's building new facilities. I'm doing everything I can to help not only this university, but our current players and our future players."